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With the fast pace of change in today?’s business environment, the need to transform organizations into agile enterprises that can respond quickly to change has never been greater. Methods and computer technologies are needed to enable rapid business and system change, and this practical book shows professionals how to achieve this agility. The solution lies in Enterprise Integration (both business and technology integration). For business integration, the book explains how to use enterprise architecture methods to integrate data, processes, locations, people, events and business plans throughout an organization. To attain technology integration, this cutting-edge resource shows professionals how to use XML, enterprise portals, enterprise application integration (EAI), Web services, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM). These technologies and related products can be used with business methods to rapidly deliver priority systems into production. CD-ROM Included! Contains a tutorial that takes professionals through a model driven approach to software development. The disc also includes an overview and sampling of practical tools that help users better plan and mange their enterprise architecture effort.

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Clive Finkelstein (born ca. 1939) is an Australian computer scientist, known as the "Father" of Information Engineering (IE).